Metals uptake behaviour in Miscanthus x giganteus plant during growth at the contaminated soil from the military site in Sliač, Slovakia

Peculiarities of metals uptake by the biofuel crop were explored during plant growth at soil from the military site (Sliač, Slovakia). The experiment was carried out in greenhouse during two vegetation seasons. Research soil was predominantly elevated in Fe and Ti, while other metals (As, Cu, Mn, Sr...

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Published in:	Polish journal of chemical technology Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors:	Pidlisnyuk, Valentina V., Erickson, Larry E., Trögl, Josef, Shapoval, Pavlo Y., Popelka, Jan, Davis, Lawrence C., Stefanovska, Tetyana R., Hettiarachchi, Ganga M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 01-06-2018
Subjects:	metals uptake behavior military site miscanthus x giganteus non-parametric statistics
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Summary:	Peculiarities of metals uptake by the biofuel crop were explored during plant growth at soil from the military site (Sliač, Slovakia). The experiment was carried out in greenhouse during two vegetation seasons. Research soil was predominantly elevated in Fe and Ti, while other metals (As, Cu, Mn, Sr, Zn and Zr) were presented at order of magnitude lower concentrations. No inhibition of plant growth was observed. The calculated Bioconcentration Factor showed that levels of metals’ accumulation by plant roots, stems and leaves were independent of metals’ concentrations in the soil. The accumulation of metals by stems and leaves was much lower than by roots. As, Zr, Ti were almost not accumulated by stems and leaves during both seasons; accumulation of Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn and Sr was not essential which confirmed that biomass of might be processed for the energy purpose.
ISSN:	1899-4741 1899-4741
DOI:	10.2478/pjct-2018-0016